Phnom Penh (VNA) - Bangkok Airways hasresumed flights between the Thai and Cambodian capital cities.
Flight PG931 left Suvarnabhumi Bangkok InternationalAirport at 08:50am on December 1 and more than 100 passengers disembarked atPhnom Penh International Airport at 10:05am the same day, Khmer Times reported.
The return flight, PG932, departed at 10:55am andarrived at 12:10pm. The regional airline operates short to mid-rangenarrow-bodied Airbus A319s on the route.
Bangkok Airways plans to fly between the two citiesevery Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday for the first two weeks and operateddaily flights from December 16.
“It is an important milestone as it is historically abusy route and yields high passenger volume, inbound and outbound,” saidCambodia Airports spokesman Norinda Khek.
Cambodia Airports also operates international airportsat Sihanoukville and Siem Reap. Khek said he hoped flights between Siem Reap andBangkok will resume very soon.
“Cambodia and Thailand have confirmed their plans toease border controls and quarantine measures for vaccinated visitors, apositive path forward for the resumption of air travel,” he said.
Thailand announced on October 31that fully vaccinated Cambodiantourists would be allowed to visit the country without quarantine, with the policy coming into force the following day. Cambodia-registeredLanmei Airlines and Cambodia Airways resumed flights on the route last month./.
Flight PG931 left Suvarnabhumi Bangkok InternationalAirport at 08:50am on December 1 and more than 100 passengers disembarked atPhnom Penh International Airport at 10:05am the same day, Khmer Times reported.
The return flight, PG932, departed at 10:55am andarrived at 12:10pm. The regional airline operates short to mid-rangenarrow-bodied Airbus A319s on the route.
Bangkok Airways plans to fly between the two citiesevery Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday for the first two weeks and operateddaily flights from December 16.
“It is an important milestone as it is historically abusy route and yields high passenger volume, inbound and outbound,” saidCambodia Airports spokesman Norinda Khek.
Cambodia Airports also operates international airportsat Sihanoukville and Siem Reap. Khek said he hoped flights between Siem Reap andBangkok will resume very soon.
“Cambodia and Thailand have confirmed their plans toease border controls and quarantine measures for vaccinated visitors, apositive path forward for the resumption of air travel,” he said.
Thailand announced on October 31that fully vaccinated Cambodiantourists would be allowed to visit the country without quarantine, with the policy coming into force the following day. Cambodia-registeredLanmei Airlines and Cambodia Airways resumed flights on the route last month./.
VNA